Wastebasket



Dec. 17, 1940. T. HEARN 2,225,110

WASTEBASKET Filed Dec. 31', 1937 as 4 FIG-.240

INVENTOR. Tim/W45 HEA RN.

ATTORNEYS.

Patente d Dec. 17, 1940 "Thomas Hearn,

'WAs'rEndsnEr v I Ludlow, Ky assigifor to The .Globe Wernicke..Company,' Norwood, Ohio, at a corporation of Ohio 1Claim. (crew- 1') iiiae"tiie-"bottoin tq'with upwardly turned "finges This invention relates to wastebaskets, and more particularly to wastebaskets made from sheet metal for oflice use.

There are certain qualities which should be found in a Wastebasket which is destined for use in an oflice. In the first place it should be durable, Secondly, it should be not unsightly in appearance, and further it should be designed so as not to be likely to injure other furniture if it should be bumped thereagainst.

It is an object of my invention to provide a wastebasket which embodies all the desirable characteristics mentioned above, that is it is pleasing in appearance, it is sturdy in construction, and it is provided with means for preventing damage to other furniture.

These and other objects of my invention which will be described hereinafter, or which will be apparent to one skilled in the art upon reading these specifications, I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts of which I shall now describe certain exemplary embodiments.

Reference is now made to the drawing which forms a part hereof, and in which:

' Figure 1 is a plan View of my wastebasket.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a bottom view thereof.

Fig. 4 is a plan view in detail of one of the corners.

F 5 is a detail elevational view of one of the corners.

Fig. 6 is a cross section through a corner taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2. v Fig. '1 is a sectional view taken on the line 1-1 of Fig, 2.

Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view of one of the bumper members.

Fig, 10 is a detail perspective view of one of the retaining members.

Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of the other retaining member.

Briefly, in the practice of my invention, I provide a wastebasket having a bottom and four sides, in which the side members are interengaged along the corners in a lock-seam construction, and in which there are provided bumpers at the four corners at the top of the wastebasket and leg members which serve to strengthen the structure and improve the appearance.

The bottom of the wastebasket is indicated gen- 55 erally at 20, as shown in Fig. 8, I prefer to pro- 2| for in't'erengag'emen't with the'sidew'all'mmbers. The side wall members 22, of which there are four, are in all respects identical. They consist of a flat sheet metal element having an onset 5 portion 23 at the bottom to fit inside of the upturned flange 2| ofthe bottom. The vertical edges of the side wall members are provided with hook shaped seam elements 24 and 25, as most clearly shown in Fig. 6. The side walls are m curved slightly at their ends so that the corner of the wastebasket will have a rounded appearance. At the top these side wall members have outwardly and downwardly turned flange elements 26 which add to the rigidity of the con- 5 struction and provide a convenient hand-hold for lifting or carrying the wastebasket. These flange elements 26 do not extend the entire width of the top of the side members, but terminate short of the ends, as indicated at 21 in Fig. 4. 20

The purpose of leaving a space at the four corners is to provide a place to aflix the bumper members which will now be described, The bumper member itself is a piece of resilient rubber, indicated generally at 28, and shown in de- 25 tail in Fig. 9. It is curved in shape and has reduced end portions 29. It is held in place by means of two retaining elements shown in detail in Figs. 10 and 11, which are curved to conform to the curvature of themember 28. The 30 member 30 which is the upper retainer, is provided with a down-turned flange 3| and extending lips 32, The lower retainer 33 is also provided with downwardly turned lips 34 and outwardly extending lips 35. The manner in which 35 these members are mounted is clear from a consideration of Figs. 4 and 5. The lips 32 and 35 are spot welded to each other and to the underside of the outwardly extending portion of the flange members 26,'and the downwardly extending portions 3| and 34 are welded to a corner of the wastebasket. The lips 34 on the lower retainer are separated by a space indicated at 36 so as to permit the member 33 to fit snugly and yet to leave room centrally thereof for the seam members 24, 25.

In order to further strengthen the wastebasket, as well as to cover the seam elements at the corners of the wastebasket, and at the same time to provide feet therefor, I provide the leg members indicated generally at 31, Thesemembers form a cross section which will be clear from a consideration of Fig. 6, whereby they neatly fit over the interengaging seam elements and are spot welded or otherwise fastened to the walls of the waste basket. At the upper end the members 31 are offset, as indicated at 38, so as to fit over the downwardly extending lips 34 on the member 33.

The leg members 31 extend somewhat below the bottom of the wastebasket and are bent inwardly at 39 and upwardly at 40, and inwardly at 4|, where they are welded or otherwise fastened to the bottom member 20. The portion 39 may be provided with an embossed ball 42 to provide the actual foot member which rests upon the floor.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided a wastebasket construction which is simple and sturdy and pleasing in appearance.

Although I have described this wastebasket as.

made of metal with the various members spot welded together, it will be clear that other fastening methods might be used and that'other construction materials might be used. I therefore do not intend to limit myself otherwise than as pointed out in the claims which follow.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A wastebasket comprising a bottom member having upwardly extending flanges, wall members interfitting with said flanges and extending upwardly and joined along the corners of the wastebasket by lock seams, said wall members being formed with outwardly and downwardly bent flanges shorter than the width of the tops of said walls to leave spaces at the corners at the top of the wastebasket, retaining members in said corners, rubber bumper members held in said retaining'members, and leg members comprising strips fixed to said corners to cover said lock seams and extending below the bottom of the wastebasket, then bent inwardly and upwardly and fixed to the bottom thereby providing feet.

THOMAS HEARN. 

